Results: Air and water quality of the 22 primary schools

The Cyprus Children’s Health and Environment Observatory (the Observatory) conducts a series of annual preventive examinations on primary school children (participants of the Observatory), focusing on their environment and health-related matters. During the period February–June 2024, in addition to analyses related to health indicators, air and drinking water quality measurements were conducted in the schools attended by children participating in […]

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Results

From the Oldest to the Youngest: What the Global Supercentenarian Cohort Network Study Can Offer Regarding Healthy Beginnings

As part of the 2025 𝐂𝐇𝐈𝐋𝐃𝐑𝐄𝐍_𝐅𝐈𝐑𝐒𝐓 𝐍𝐞𝐭𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤 𝐖𝐞𝐛𝐢𝐧𝐚𝐫 𝐒𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐬., it was our honor to host:Sungsoo Chun, Professor and Associate Director, Institute of Global Health and Human Ecology, American University in Cairo, Egypt.Insights from Supercentenarian Data Semi-Supercentenarian research focuses on individuals aged 105+, many lived through:– Childhood in low-toxin environments (natural environments) – Physically active lifestyles from a young age – Strong social […]

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Parents Testimonials for CHILDREN_FIRST

“…although we often have our child tested, we never had the opportunity to assess multiple health and environmental factors affecting our child until we joined the Observatory.”– Mother of a participant (primary school child)   “…I was recently diagnosed with a condition, and I’m glad to have my son’s preventive screening results from the Observatory, so we can catch anything […]

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Testimonials

CHILDREN FIRST at Cyprus Diaspora Forum

📣 The Cypriot Children’s Health and Environment Observatory participated at the Cyprus Diaspora Forum from the 7th until the 10th of May at the Amara Hotel in Limassol. Where connections have been created and ideas have been shared. We took part in the panel entitled: The Future of Healthcare: Changes that are transforming Cyprus Healthcare Industry In which we exchanged […]

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Children’s Health: Everyone’s responsibility

With the presence of the Advisory Board of the Observatory, an update was held today for our partners AbleBook, SHOEBOX, Paradox Museum Limassol, Green Energy Group regarding the progress of the Observatory. During the event, the following took place: Exchange of views and ideas for the optimal operation of the Observatory. Recognition of the valuable contribution of SHOEBOX, Paradox Museum […]

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WEBINAR: Emerging Climate Hazards for Children

In this webinar, it was our honor to host: Dr. Matthew Gribble, Associate Professor, School of Medicine, Associate Chief for Research in Occupational, Environmental, and Climate Medicine, University of California, San Francisco Climate change is reshaping the environmental exposures encountered by populations now and in the future. This includes exposures linked to climate disasters such as floods and wildfires, and […]

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Newsletter: News, Seminars. Experiences and more.

We are pleased to share with you the newsletter, which you can find below. It highlights the activities of the Cyprus Children’s Health and Environment Observatory that have taken place from 2024 until today. The Observatory systematically studies the exposure of primary school children to various environmental factors (e.g., lifestyle, home and school environment) and examines their relationship with children’s […]

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WEBINAR: Promoting Children’s Ocean Literacy to Prevent Disease in Coastal Communities

Harmful algal blooms are proliferations of algae that harm human health or the environment: Some of these produce poisons that can be ingested through seafood and may be especially harmful to children due to smaller body size. In Alaska, there are regular blooms of Alexandrium sp. that produce the toxins that cause paralytic shellfish poisoning, which can be lethal. Indigenous […]

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Lack of Magnesium in Drinking Water: Impacts on Public Health and the Economy

The topic of desalinated water in Mediterranean countries, like Israel and Cyprus and its effect on human health, because of the reduced content of magnesium in the final treated water was brought up. The First Scientific Webinar in 2025 was completed successfully. The CHILDREN_FIRST and the Cyprus International Institute for Environmental and Public Health held the first webinar of the […]

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